Locus Analytics Interview

Hey me too! I have no idea what their interviews will be like. But don't they call themselves a think-tank?

Hey when is your interview scheduled? Is it next week?

yup next week. are you in the states?

no i'm not in the states, im in singapore, what about you?

same! lol they must be doing a singapore round or something. are you from NTU/SMU/NUS?

wow what a coincidence!! haha i'm from NTU.. what about u? i think it's not really a "singapore round".. i believe they are hiring globally

lol i'm from NTU too hehe. what's your major?

i'm a double degree in accountancy and biz.. what about u?

lol i'm in EEE. are you a local?

no i'm not a local.. but you can count me as one because i've been here for about 10 years already.. guess you are a local?

nope i'm not a local haha. oh ok so you studied in JC and stuff. are you vietnamese by any chance?

haha nope not a vietnamese, a chinese actually.. have you started preparing for it?

oh ok lol, i saw a vietnamese person like their facebook page lol. noo i haven't started, i still have to finish my FYP and study for a test coming up this week. have you got a job already?

haha i see.. engineering student fyp deadline should be coming up.. haha as an accounting student with no interest in big4 i'm one of the few in biz school still hunting for jobs.. what about u?

hmm.. yeah i'm also not into big 4. i have a job at an engineering company. but this looks way more interesting to me. you're interested in banking/finance?

finance yes, but i have always wanted to open up my own firm in the future so a startup is way more appealing to me.. oh by the way there is another post on this website.. someone from canada also having this interview.. then someone replied saying he already did the phone interview.. mostly fit-based questions like tell me more about yourself kinda stuff.. you can go dig that post out.. i can see the link in this page, you shld be able to see it too..

oh yes, i see the link. thanks for that. yes i love entrepreneurship-related work. hmm so it's like a normal HR interview. what sort of jobs are you looking for in singapore? not into investment banks?

nah not really interested in that.. huge pay for sure, but it's just not for me.. culture doesn't fit.. haha may i ask a rather personal question? is your gpa very high? 1st class caliber?

LOL no. it's not even close :p how about yours? i tried PMing you, let me know if you get a msg.

hey didn't receive your msg.. is it supposed to show up in my email or somewhere else on this site? haha i'm also very very far from 1st class... it looks like they are looking more for experiences than grades.. care to share any unique experiences you have? i'm sure you got something different from most people

i sent you another one...check the top left corner of your screen for a mail icon. let me know if you got it :)

Hey. Also interviewing with them next week.

International, but not based in Singapore.

The earlier post that was mentioned was deleted. I can only assume the Canadian candidate did not want to share the info that was provided to him. I read it and came back to check the next day and it was no longer available.

Seem to be interviewing in excess of 100 candidates at this stage. Any idea how many people the firm is aiming to hire? Can't be more than 3 or 4 I think.

i don't see any deleted post in that thread. there is a person named steeelex who shared about the interview. which one are you referring to?

i am not sure how many they are interviewing, but what makes you say it's 100+? there were at maximum like 30 interview timeslots on the google calendar. and yes i do think it can't be more than 10 people.

which country are in?

I logged on shortly after the email was sent. Interviewing four days this week, and one day next week. Many time slots were double. I suspect you may have logged on a little after me once quite a few time slots had already been booked. When I checked there were around 80, and I suspect a number had already been boked by that time.

Yes, I think it was the thread by steeelex. I can't seem to access it anymore.

@greenblob i think the most important information from the deleted thread was that the phone interview was more about fit-based questions like tell me about yourself.. steeeelix passed the phone interview but declined a second round bcos he already had a job offer from somewhere else..

Canadian candidate here. It's still there, no idea why you can't access it :P

yup i can also access it. did you have your interview yet?

Yes I did this morning. The signal reception was pretty bad so I think I bombed haha.

lol bad connection from canada to the US? that means it'll be worse for us lol. did they let you know how many rounds there will be, and when they'll let you know if you passed to the 2nd round?

What round of interview are you guys on?

@FreedayFF haha i'm using starhub hopefully it will be fine.. how many questions did they ask you? is there any technical questions?

I think it could have stayed just fit questions, but I actually got pretty technical since some of their works are similar to my prior experience. The interviewer was very relax, so I tried to control the interview by asking lots of questions, and just left him around 3-4 questions to demonstrate my experience. In the end, I couldn't hear much due to bad reception so this style kind of backfired.

Thanks FreedayFF.. I think since your experience is relevant, you stand a pretty good chance of proceeding.. and it seems like you were pretty much in control of the whole conversation.. did you ask questions throughout the interview? or did u ask most of the questions towards the end?

Most in the beginning and just one in the end. I just went with the flow.

I done the interview, the interviewer has no question for me...... I am very sad, he give a introduction for their company business. After that, I just introduce myself and explain why I am interested in their company. Three rounds in total, all of them are phone interview, I have asked him. Full-time work in New York. Hope it is helpful for us. Did they ask you very specific question about your major or research? I am sure one thing is the interviewer very like my research experience and said that why he select me as candidate.....

@yuan0041 did u ask them when will the first round result come out?

Yuan, next time you could just wait for a few seconds. It might be awkward a little bit, but a short pause  will give the interviewer time to think up questions for you. Sometimes I'd just flat out ask "do you have any questions for me?"

@ Freeday FF, true, finally I have no words... I directly ask he do you have any questions for me. But, but, he said that's all.... I have no idea, does he think my introduction is enough.....Does people discussed here are all from NTU or Singapore. A few students here are NTU students... @Jellykocat11, I did not ask the second round timing... forget it... Maybe TMR someone could ask this question, this whole week they are running first round interview.

yuan0041, thanks for the info. i'll try and ask when the rounds are tomorrow. what sort of research experience do you have?

Final decisions should be out by the end of the month. Another one or two rounds between now and then. Not sure when intermediate results will be out.

OK, I see, it is very aggressive three round interview within one month...

Hi everyone, just saw this thread. I seemed to have the impression that the 2 year program is just that, so after 2 years, you are on your own once again. I was asking an unrelated qns and I got that impression.

I'm sure if you do a good job, they will want to keep you after. If you don't, well, you'd want to leave anyway.

hai guys! i actually went to the office for the first round interview. was anyone invited right after the interview for a second round?

i wasn't, were you? how was their office?

Did anyone get the third round of the interviews yet? I did two rounds last month and then they haven't gotten back to me ever since. It's been almost three weeks.

not even on 2nd round yet, but @FreedayFF, i kinda asked them about what happens after 2 years..they said while they're not sure yet, "you take your experience to other firms". i.e. it's a 2 year contract kind of thing.

Wawa, so cool,someone done the second run. I think Singapore candidate did first run thus week, and when you get second round interview after your first round @killergorllariv

@KillerGorillaV Cool you've done the second round already! What's the difference between the 1st and 2nd round?

The waiting is killing me :P

for those who participated in the first round interview last week, anyone received any news ?

I have not got any new so far. Maybe dead...

haven't gotten a response yet either

Looking at the the calendar, there're still a few 1st rounds today.

I had a couple interviews and after the second one ended up getting an offer. From Seattle over here. Offer was extended on April 4th. First interview was March 21st, second one was March 26th. Overall quick experience. First and second round was not much different.

Nice. Did you accept the offer? Please don't :P

Sounds like they interviewed the American candidates first, and international in early April. Do wish they would get back to us though.

KillerGorillaV & nfontana10: what's the difference between the 1st and 2nd interview?

I had my first interview last Friday evening, and I am hoping to hear back soon about a second round! She told me that they are aiming to hire about 15 people, fyi

Is the second round different from the first round?

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had my first round 4/4, second round coming up 4/18. from the US

had my second round. format is exactly the same as the first.

Anyone from Singapore get the second round interview ?

Seems like international applicants are the backup plan. Are all second-rounders American?

i'm american. seems rather odd that the 2nd round is a phone interview, when my first one was at the office... just food for thought

turkey monkey, how was the office vibe / look? Just wondering as there's nothing much online at all

I think I failed, because I did not receive second round interview till now.

hi all, do you think a candidate be at a disadvantage if he/she needs H1B visa to work in US? cos it's like extra work for the company

I have a buddy who couldn't work for Goldman Sachs NYC because the quota for work visa is already full this year. They moved him to Calgary though.

Thanks for the info FreedayFF. I read from Wall Street Journal that this year, the demand for H1B exceeded the supply so it has to be allocated by balloting. Do you think that means for all those people needing H1B will have no more chance?